Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Advice for floor plan - inner city family home 4Oct 23, 2018 9:11 pm My build with Inspired/ Como Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=93656 Re: Advice for floor plan - inner city family home 8Oct 23, 2018 11:14 pm dammit @bestspecials: "I like the idea of adding a 4th bedroom and putting cavity sliders on to either make an extra bedroom or tv room for the kids." - Wow, thanks for the floor plan! that's great for helping me visualise may be possible. Love that idea because it can be a kids play room etc and then clear them out if need to. The fridge and pantry cutting through the wall to the bathroom I don't think is going to work, the bathroom floor is about 40cm lower step down to the main house... Hallway is 1.2m wide if that makes any difference. The house has some previous (repaired) termite damage so I want to avoid knocking down walls as much as possible. It should be easy enough to build up the floor for the pantry. It would give you more space in the kitchen. You would only be taking out a part wall, so shouldn't be too much hassle. If you get the right design before you start renovations, you may end up with a forever home.😀 Re: Advice for floor plan - inner city family home 9Oct 24, 2018 10:23 am So, if you are looking for the easiest renovation without knocking down any walls, I would keep the kitchen where it is and work within the spaces you have. I would keep the hallway nice and wide as it will make the house feel bigger. I have had another play with your plan without moving any walls. There are a couple of walls removed to make the kitchen, dining and lounge open plan. I did move the doorway into the skinny bedroom at the front to give a bit more usable space where the door doesn't take up the room (that way it is easier to put 2 single beds in) and taking out the fireplace in the other bedroom makes more room for 2 single beds. So, if you put the ensuite into the existing bathroom and the bathroom into the existing toilet/hallway and leave the laundry where it is, you should be able to fit everything in (maybe not a bath in the main bathroom or a small bath) and save a bit of money and time. I think this would be a lot less expensive. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Advice for floor plan - inner city family home 10Oct 25, 2018 7:31 pm thanks so much again for the visualisation. Wow! I am amazed at the feedback and stuff I have received here and extremely thankful!! I think my preference is definitely the prior floor plan; to move the kitchen to allow the living to be at the rear. Given the kitchen is currently not livable by my standards so if I replace it and leave it at the rear, and then want to move it 2 years later its a big waste... with your prior plan, doesn't this make Bed 3 about 2.5m by 2.5m given the WIR cuts into it's space? Do you think the laundry could fit a 3rd toilet (tight space) if no benchspace and just had a tub, washing machine (Front loader) and wall mounted dryer? Can you talk me through the idea of raising the floor and cutting to part-recess the pantry and fridge, I like the concept, is it to make it not jutt out so far into where the hallway leads visually? Does it leave enough space in the ensuite do you think? Re: Advice for floor plan - inner city family home 11Oct 25, 2018 10:25 pm I would employ a draftsman or architect to draw up some plans. Talk to the professionals/builders about costings. The front bedroom doesn't change size with the WIR as the back wall of the WIR is still the same dividing wall between the 2 bedrooms, you would be moving the door for the front bedroom into the Master . Hope that makes sense. Re: Advice for floor plan - inner city family home 12Nov 14, 2018 2:06 am Contact a quality architect with a request to make a house plan, ideally a house plan, taking into account the bathroom, toilet, kitchen and all rooms that will be used additionally Advice for floor plan - inner city family home 13Nov 25, 2018 8:25 am We have a local builder who basically adds two bedrooms and a bathroom (or more if you want it) as a second floor in such a way that you stay in your house. It is only the final weeks where they add the stair case that it gets messy. They then will redo anything required downstairs like kitchens or bathrooms while you live in the upstairs. Could this be an option? Hi I live in a 100yr old semi and my neighbour added an additional floor last yr and our architect has advised that we can knock down our semi and build a free-standing… 0 28832 10 12508 i thought the flipped plan initially but bec i want narrow pathway from entry to dining (dont like bend), also cannot fit the… 7 12817 |